The most senior portion of our population may not use mobile phones, the Internet or email.

In fact, they tend to be the highest risk and the most costly from a healthcare cost perspective. Yet, they are difficult, if not impossible to become engaged in a program to improve their outcomes. The HealthAssist Watch is one answer.

Connected via a SIM card to a closed-loop cellular network, the watch receives messages when it is time to take a medication or to schedule a medical exam. Since older people tend to forget more than younger people, the watch is a good solution. Users only need to wear the watch during the day and charge it at night. And if they are out of cellular range, HealthAssist can detect that and will send the message via an IVR script to their home landline phone.

Oh, and there's one more thing. If they become in distress, they can press the top watch stem for 5 or more seconds and a distress message will go out to the family caregiver so they can check on them. Future versions will enable the family caregiver to see where they are via GPS coordinates that are mapped and then talk to them via the watch to determine what is wrong.